Or you could argue some of those genes are still around...
Posted on 07/16/2009 2:18:26 PM PDT by decimon
Neanderthals are of course extinct. But there never were very many of them, new research concludes.
In fact, new genetic evidence from the remains of six Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) suggests the population hovered at an average of 1,500 females of reproductive age in Europe between 38,000 and 70,000 years ago, with the maximum estimate of 3,500 such female Neanderthals.
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"Because there never really were millions of them, they probably were more susceptible to some event that made them go extinct, which to me, suspiciously coincides with the emergence of modern humans," Briggs told LiveScience.
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(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
With poise ping.
As Jack Benny would say, “Well!”. But I can think of at least one that’s still around and a member of the WH Press Corps...
Their demise was predicted in some Far Side cartoons.
I don't know about that...we had a live one on here just last Friday. Thanks to the Mods, he is now extinct.
Well, sure: First they were poised for extinction, then they dived right in. I give them a 10!
Or you could argue some of those genes are still around...
And don't call me Shirley!!!
What a cutie! Too bad her music is “garbage”. ;)
Well, he poised himself for that, no?
I thought genetic analysis disproved that hypothesis.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/08/080812-neandertal-dna.html
Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans likely did not interbreed, according to a new DNA study.
The research further suggests that small population numbers helped do in our closest relatives.
Researchers sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome—genetic information passed down from mothers—of a 38,000-year-old Neanderthal thighbone found in a cave in Croatia. (Get the basics on genetics.)
The new sequence contains 16,565 DNA bases, or “letters,” representing 13 genes, making it the longest stretch of Neanderthal DNA ever examined.
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is easier to isolate from ancient bones than conventional or “nuclear” DNA—which is contained in cell nuclei—because there are many mitochondria per cell.
“Also, the mtDNA genome is much smaller than the nuclear genome,” said study author Richard Green of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Germany.
“That’s what let us finish this genome well before we finish the nuclear genome,” he said.
The new findings are detailed in the August 8 issue of the journal Cell.
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“Neanderthals are of course extinct”
The existence of the dems prove the contrary. However, I am certainly hopeful that I can one day agree with the extinction premiss.
More likely, no modern humans would admit to it.
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Thanks decimon.To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.The Neandertal EnigmaFrayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127] |
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Wouldn’t mind investigating her jeans . . .
“Neanderthals were likely poised for extinction”
So, they were cool with the whole thing?
So, they were cool with the whole thing?
Unflappable.
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